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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: mystery

November 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1934

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 7, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all detective magazine, rafael desoto, stephen endicottLeave a comment on November 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1961 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

August 1961

cover art by Dick Shelton

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, finest kind, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, dame, dick shelton, femme fatale, finest kind, manhunt detective story monthly, robert page jones, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1961 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

Fall 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, carroll john daly, dame, femme fatale, g. wayman jones, nels leroy jorgensen, rudolph belarski, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Fall 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1943 issue

March 1943

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, invisible man, strange detective mysteries, wanted posterLeave a comment on March 1943 issue

January 1946 issue ~ cover by Joe Szokoli

January 1946

cover by Joe Szokoli

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags joseph szokoli, roger torrey, super-detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1946 issue ~ cover by Joe Szokoli

February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bound, robert leslie bellem, sadist, spicy detective magazine, whipLeave a comment on February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1953 issue

cover artist unknown

November 1953

better image than previously posted

[updated with original cover art 8/8/25]

Posted on May 6, 2024August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags bruno fischer, craig rice, dressing table, ed mcbain, evan hunter, finest kind, fletcher flora, henry kane, john j. malone, manhunt detective story monthly, mirror, peter chambers, private eyeLeave a comment on November 1953 issue

cover art by Arthur Cadwgan Michael

Oil on canvas cloth mounted to board. 410×360 mm; 16 1/4×14 1/4 inches, image, mounted to 22×16-inch board. Signed and dated illegibly in lower left corner.

June 1930 issue

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags arthur cadwgan michael, bound, cassell's magazine, kidnap, oil on canvas, original artLeave a comment on cover art by Arthur Cadwgan Michael

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 11/19/25]

Posted on May 6, 2024November 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags dagger, finest kind, h.j. ward, justin case, showgirl, spicy detective stories, top hatLeave a comment on January 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags bound, dungeon, fiend, finest kind, h.j. ward, lew merrill, original art, pulp art, spicy mystery magazine, whipLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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